Tecnomatix Plant Simulation for the high tech and electronics industry

Tecnomatix Plant Simulation for thehigh tech and electronics industryVirtually build, test and optimize plants to find and fix production issuesbefore they happenBenefits• Enhance productivity by 20to 40 percent• Reduce investment up to 20percent• Reduce work in progress upto 75 percent• Cut throughput time up to60 percentFeatures• Simulation of complexproduction systems andcontrol strategies• Object-oriented, hierarchicalmodels encompassingbusiness, logistic andproduction processes• Dedicated application objectlibraries for fast and efficientmodeling of typical scenarios• Graphs and charts foranalysis of throughput,resources and bottlenecks• Comprehensive analysistools, including automaticbottleneck detection, Sankeydiagrams and Gantt charts• 3D online visualization andanimation• Integrated experimenthandling• Automated optimization ofsystem parametersSummaryThe high tech and electronics industry is rapidly growing, agile and global.Manufacturers face massive price pressure, extremely short product lifecyclesand high numbers of variants. This requires ongoing changes in theproduction infrastructure. Tecnomatix® Plant Simulation software fromSiemens PLM Software helps production managers and planners model,simulate, visualize, analyze and optimize complex production scenarios. It iscritical to the return on your R&D investment that you be able to re-useintellectual property for new products.Plant Simulation enables you to simulate and optimize material flow,resource utilization and logistics for all levels of operations planning fromglobal production facilities through local plants to specific lines andprocesses. With increasing cost and time pressures in production, along withongoing globalization, logistics management has become a key factorfor success.Plant Simulation enables you to detect and eliminate problems early inthe planning process that otherwise would have required costly andtime-consumingcorrection measuresduring actualproduction rampup.The softwarehelps you minimizeyour investment inproduction lineswithout jeopardizingthe requiredoutput. It also helpsyou optimize theperformance ofproduction systemsby implementingmeasures that have been verified in a simulation environment prior toimplementation.Manufacturing optimization with Tecnomatix Plant Simulation enables you tooptimize assembly plants to achieve successful product launches, reduceTECNOMATIXwww.siemens.com/tecnomatix

TECNOMATIXTecnomatix Plant Simulation for the high tech and electronics industryFeatures continued• Open system architecturesupporting multipleinterfaces and integrationcapacities (ActiveX, CAD,Oracle SQL, ODBC, XML,Socket, OPC, etc.)production ramp up and shorten time-tomarket.Siemens PLM Software solutionsmake it possible to re-use existingproduction data and process informationmore effectively.PC assembly can be simulated using PlantSimulation, including all resources such aspersonnel, machines, materials andtransport systems. The goal is to check thefeasibility of production plans generatedby a production planning system.Production plan execution for each shift isoptimized in a realistic manner thatconsiders the current circumstances in theplant. Measures can be checked beforethey are carried out in practice. PlantSimulation helps to develop and verify newshift models, work organizations and otherchanges in production.Plant Simulation in action: higherefficiency, faster throughput, reducedwork in progressA manufacturer of printed circuit boardcontrol units was producing parts in 35variants. Before using Plant Simulation, thecompany was producing 1,380,000 partsevery 1.8 days. After using PlantSimulation, they produced 1,400,000 partsevery 1.3 days, a 40 percent improvementin efficiency. The plant enjoyed 29 percentfaster throughput time – what used to take40 hours can now be done in 31 hours.What’s more, the plant has reduced workin progress and capital burden. Theaverage number of units in productionbefore simulation was 120,000. Aftersimulation, it was 85,000, a reduction of42 percent.ContactSiemens Industry SoftwareAmericas +1 800 498 5351Europe +44 (0) 1276 702000Asia-Pacific +852 2230 3333www.siemens.com/plm© 2012 Siemens Product Lifecycle Management SoftwareInc. All rights reserved. Siemens and the Siemens logo areregistered trademarks of Siemens AG. D-Cubed, Femap,Geolus, GO PLM, I-deas, Insight, JT, NX, Parasolid, SolidEdge, Teamcenter, Tecnomatix and Velocity Series aretrademarks or registered trademarks of Siemens ProductLifecycle Management Software Inc. or its subsidiaries inthe United States and in other countries. All other logos,trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks usedherein are the property of their respective holders.X2 30714 6/12 B